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Saudi, US Aid Boost Lebanese Firepower
Military aid provided by Saudi Arabia and the United States has boosted the firepower of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) by about 30 to 40 percent in recent years, analysts said. Over the past eight years Lebanon has received US military aid worth $1 billion, according to David Hale, the US ambassador to Lebanon. “Almost […]
French Weapons Arrive in Lebanon in $3 Billion Saudi-Funded Deal
The first shipment of French weapons and military equipment arrived in Lebanon on Monday under a Saudi-funded deal worth $3 billion to bolster the Lebanese army’s fight against militants encroaching from neighboring Syria. Lebanese news channels showed a military plane at Beirut International airport with green boxes of weapons and missiles laid out in front. […]
German Advisers Train Kurdish Troops With Battle Rifles
Last August, Germany pledged weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State. It looks like Berlin made good on its promise. A small arms batch consisting of G36 and G3 rifles has filtered to the front lines, with Kurdish forces using them around Shingal and Sinjar. Photos released by the Kurdistan Regional Government in February showBundeswehr […]
Germany Announces More Military Aid to Iraq to Fight Islamic State
Germany is to step up arms supplies – including of armour-piercing Milan missiles – to peshmerga fighters battling the Islamic State in Iraq, the Defence Ministry in Berlin said on Friday. Last year, Germany sent 70 million euros (79.5 million dollars) worth of military aid, including Milan launchers and rockets. It will now send 30 […]
Germany to Provide More Weapons and Training to the Kurds
In February, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces will receive more Milan-rockets, the German Defence Minister has announced today. Moreover, the German parliament in an outright majority voted to send trainers to Iraqi Kurdistan. This despite of opposition of leftwing parties who claim the mission is unconstitutional. German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has announced in a television interview, that […]
German Weapons Deliveries to Iraq’s Kurdish Region
The German government has decided to deliver weapons and munitions worth a total of 70 million euros ($91 million) to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq. DW provides an overview of the weapons systems in question. The weapons will be delivered in three tranches to a secure region of Iraq that has not been affected by the […]